χυμεία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χειμεία (kheimeía)
- χημεία (khēmeía)
- χημία (khēmía)
Etymology
According to Zosimos of Panopolis it was named from its supposed inventor, Χύμης/Χήμης/Χείμης, but more probably it is from χῠ́μᾰ (khúma) + -είᾱ (-eíā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰy.měː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰyˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çyˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çyˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çiˈmi.a/
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χῠμείᾱ hē khumeíā |
τὼ χῠμείᾱ tṑ khumeíā |
αἱ χῠμεῖαι hai khumeîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χῠμείᾱς tês khumeíās |
τοῖν χῠμείαιν toîn khumeíain |
τῶν χῠμειῶν tôn khumeiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χῠμείᾳ têi khumeíāi |
τοῖν χῠμείαιν toîn khumeíain |
ταῖς χῠμείαις taîs khumeíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χῠμείᾱν tḕn khumeíān |
τὼ χῠμείᾱ tṑ khumeíā |
τᾱ̀ς χῠμείᾱς tā̀s khumeíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χῠμείᾱ khumeíā |
χῠμείᾱ khumeíā |
χῠμεῖαι khumeîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Arabic: اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
Further reading
- “χυμεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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